The tyranny of definition

There is a tyranny in the obligation to define yourself. But like most forms of tyranny is only reveals itself when someone breaks the rules. When someone is clearly outside the norm, yet refuses to define their sexuality, refuses to define what race they are, refuses to define what gender, it rears it’’s ugly head.

Does a person who does not define their gender experience male privilege? Do they experience misogyny? Do they experience either of these things dependent on who encounters them and when?

MRA’s and feminists alike erupt in rage when they do not know how to label us, when we do not name our privileges and our sides. This tyranny is often enforced as ruthlessly by those who made the norms as by those who resist them. There has always been special punishments reserved for combatants who do not wear a uniform or list a rank and number.

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